{"id":73108,"date":"2018-12-11T01:02:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T06:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=73108"},"modified":"2018-12-11T01:02:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T06:02:39","slug":"deadland-ritual-new-music-video-posted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=73108","title":{"rendered":"DEADLAND RITUAL &#8211; New Music Video Posted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Deadland Ritual - Down In Flames [Official Video]\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ep5NHWELz04?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>DEADLAND RITUAL<\/strong>, featuring bassist Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath), vocalist Franky Perez (Apocalyptica, Scars On Broadway), drummer Matt Sorum (Guns N\u2019 Roses, Velvet Revolver) and guitarist Steve Stevens (Billy Idol) has unveiled a debut track and video, \u201cDown In Flames\u201d (via Sonik Riot Recordings \/ AWAL powered by Kobalt) available today <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/2DAP4YwPtfxg2MN5ol2djF\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Produced by Greg Fidelman (Black Sabbath, Slipknot, Metallica), \u201cDown In Flames\u201d features the lush and powerful vocals of Perez, alongside Stevens\u2019 signature thundering guitar conjugating with the hard-driving tribal rhythm section of Butler and Sorum. Watch the official video for \u201cDown In Flames\u201d above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Drawing inspiration from the ritual symbolism of desert badlands paired with Sorum\u2019s love of the idea of a \u2018ritualistic forgotten space,\u2019 the name Deadland Ritual felt appropriate for the darker tone of the music the group was making. \u201cObviously we\u2019ve been through some stuff,\u201d Perez says. \u201cIf you\u2019re being honest artistically, all the turmoil of love, loss, happiness and pain in life makes its way into the music.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Sorum\u2019s longtime friendships with Stevens and Perez helped to form the initial core of the lineup, but it was a pivotal moment when Butler agreed to join. Butler admits there was a lot to think about when he got the invitation. \u201cI had to get used to the idea of starting from scratch again, which is good,\u201d he says. \u201cBut I really liked the music I was hearing. It\u2019s not your typical hard rock or metal stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">For Stevens, it was a revelation the first time he found himself recording with Butler. \u201cThere&#8217;s a lot of times in the studio as a guitar player, you get a guitar sound and you&#8217;re trying to make it work, tweaking it,\u201d Stevens says. There was none of that bullshit. It just fit against his bass sound and it was really exciting to me. I get to hear my guitar against a bass guitarist that I&#8217;ve idolized forever.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Sorum was determined to take things to the next level. \u201cI wanted to get the best drum sound I\u2019ve ever gotten, and play the best I\u2019ve played,\u201d says Sorum. \u201cI think I\u2019ve achieved that. As a drummer I\u2019ve morphed through a lot of decades of rock and roll.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Learn more <a href=\"http:\/\/bravewords.com\/news\/deadland-ritual-more-details-surface-on-new-band-featuring-geezer-butler-franky-perez-matt-sorum-steve-stevens\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEADLAND RITUAL, featuring bassist Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath), vocalist Franky Perez (Apocalyptica, Scars On Broadway),&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73109,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73108\/revisions\/73109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}